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Brief 4/3: SAINT JOAN Begins Previews, BOBBIE CLEARLY Opens Tonight, and More!

By: Apr. 03, 2018
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Today's Call Sheet:

-SAINT JOAN begins Broadway previews tonight!

-Roundabout's BOBBIE CLEARLY opens tonight at the Black Box Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre!

BWW Exclusive: Read our interview with Jason Robert Brown, who talks about his upcoming London Palladium Concert!

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What we're geeking out over: Check out photos of Harry Connick, Jr. and the cast of THE STING at Paper Mill Playhouse!

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And a Happy Birthday shout-out to David Hyde Pierce, who turns 59 today!

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Pierce most recently starred as Horace Vandergelder in the revival of Hello, Dolly! for which he received a Tony nomination, a Drama League Award nomination, and an Outer Critics' Circle nomination. More of Pierce's Broadway credits include: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (Tony Award®, Drama League nomination), La Bête, Accent on Youth, Curtains (Tony®), Spamalot (Drama Desk nomination), The Heidi Chronicles, Beyond Therapy. Off-Broadway: A Life, White Rabbit Red Rabbit, The Landing, Close Up Space, Elliot Loves, The Author's Voice, The Maderati, Zero Positive, Summer, That's It Folks!, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, Peter Brook's production of The Cherry Orchard. Film: The Perfect Host, Wet Hot American Summer, Down with Love, Isn't She Great, Wolf, Treasure Planet, A Bug's Life, Nixon, Sleepless in Seattle, Crossing Delancey. Television: "When We Rise," "The Good Wife," "Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp," "The Powers That Be," and "Frasier" (Emmy®, SAG® Awards).

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